> and now they want to mess with something as fundamental as a hyperlink.
Unless I'm missing something, basic hyperlinking seems to be excluded from the scope of the new directive, and it is instead targeting services that reproduce the publication more substantially.
Recital 33:
> This protection [granted to press publications] does not extend to acts of hyperlinking.
Article 11, paragraph 2a:
> The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall not extend to mere hyperlinks which are accompanied by individual words.
Unless I'm missing something, basic hyperlinking seems to be excluded from the scope of the new directive, and it is instead targeting services that reproduce the publication more substantially.
Recital 33:
> This protection [granted to press publications] does not extend to acts of hyperlinking.
Article 11, paragraph 2a:
> The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall not extend to mere hyperlinks which are accompanied by individual words.
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